A Study for Securing IoV Using Blockchain

Abstract

New and advanced technologies have introduced amazing areas like the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) etc. With these new emerging technologies and the open nature of these technologies security and privacy are always a serious concern. The enhancement of IoV brought unmanned cars where data security, privacy, physical attack, and getting stolen are always prime concerns. As reported in the literature, we had lost billions of dollars because of stolen cars and cyber-attacks. To avoid these attacks, we have suggested the Blockchain concept to secure IoV. In this era of data and trust where the internet is flooded with information and where we don't even know how our information can be used, data security and confidentiality should be a must. To solve this problem Blockchain comes into the picture with the concept of a decentralized, distributed ledger that stores the records of ownership of digital assets. Any data stored on the blockchain cannot be modified. It is client-client-based technology where data is decentralized in a way that changes in one node will need the permissions of another node. It uses a hash algorithm where the next node has a record of the previous node's state in the hash function. Using this decentralized, distributed ledger or client-client model of blockchain, we will secure our IoV, where we will see how we can secure our confidential data from any cyberattack and physical attack which will try to breach our security levels. We will use different levels of security modes if there are any security breaches or accidents, vehicles will soon send alert warning messages with the location and current state of vehicles to each of its stakeholders and police station.